WATER RESOURCE RESOURCES
GROUND WATER RESOURCE AND UTILISABLE POTENTIAL
| District | Ground water resource (MCM) | Dynamic Utilisable Ground Water Resource for Irrigation (MCM) | Utilisable Ground Water Resource for drinking & allied (MCM) | Gross Draft (MCM) | Balance Available (MCM) | State of Ground Water Dev.(%) |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 = (4 –6) | 8 =[ (6/4) X 100] |
| BISHNUPUR | 14.84 | 12.61 | 2.23 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
| CHANDEL | 522.12 | 443.80 | 78.32 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
| CHURACHANDPUR | 756.80 | 643.28 | 113.52 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
| EAST IMPHAL | 79.27 | 67.38 | 11.89 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
| SENAPATI | 701.30 | 596.10 | 105.20 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
| TAMENGLONG | 772.82 | 656.90 | 115.92 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
| THOUBAL | 41.15 | 34.98 | 6.17 | NEGLIGIBLE | _ | _ |
MCM:Million cubic metre
Data Source: Central Ground Water Board, Report-1981
FOREST RESOURCES
More than 60 percent of the state area is under forest and important forest products are obtained in Manipur. It is said that the forest of Manipur holds seventy different species of commercially valuable woods including teak. There are also bamboos and canes apart from firewood, which people collect for their daily use. Turpentine, wax, resin, gumfibre, the spicy dalchini, honey, and medicinal herbs are among the other products of Manipur’s forests. There is, however, scope for raising the revenue of the state from its rich forests. Agriculture and allied activities is the single largest source of livelihood of majority of rural masses and is also mainstay of the state economy.
MINERAL RESOURCE
There are not many minerals in Manipur but it has rich lignite seams in the southern hills. The other known minerals that Manipur possess but have to be exploited yet are limestone, copper, chromite, nickel, asbestos and salt. There are possibilities of being found and the ONGC of the